It's been a while....

since I last posted, life has been too busy and I have felt too sick.

The moment you have been waiting for. Movies.

Terminator 1 - Romance was vital to the plot as Reese is John Connor's father. However, this didn't need to be seen (unless James Cameron enjoyed having everybody his then-girlfriend Linda Hamilton topless.), and I found that it ruined a part of the movie. They could have just had Reese say I love you, a quick kiss and cut to next scene.

Lord of the Rings - (especially the Two Towers). All romance scenes in the trilogy were made up by the filmmakers. They felt like they were serious pandering to female viewers. Especially the scene in Two Towers where Aragorn is having the fantasy while Brego comes to find him. I guess that is passes for "wet dreams" on Middle-Earth. Again unnecessary.

Superman II - Did they really need to send Lois and Clark to Niagara Falls? And then the lovemaking scene at the (now misnamed) Fortress of Solitude. The only good thing that came out of this scene in the end is the plot element used in Superman Returns. That was good writing. And see people, it also proves that you can have asthma even your father is Superman.

At least for the most part, they kept romance out of the Indiana Jones movies (only very brief things were shown...)

And finally, the WORST romantic scenes ever belong to ATTACK OF THE CLONES. I know it is essential to the plot that Anakin and Padme end up together, but this was the most hack-eyed, stilted, romantic dialog ever written. And think about it, she falls in love with a guy who kills Tusken raiders (including children) out of anger, who thinks levitating fruit is impressive (how childish!), and can't keep a lightsaber for more than five minutes without losing it or breaking it (this is only the Jedi's most sacred and recognizable symbol; talk about showing no respect). Come on "I deeply, truly, love you" has to be the worst line delivered before an on-screen kiss outside of pornographic films ever!

It's getting really dark outside. I wonder when the storm will hit....

I have to say, the most unexpected exchange ever that made me laugh the most when I saw it for the first time in a movie was when Deanna Troi turned to Beverly Crusher in Insurrection and asked if she noticed her boobs getting firmer, followed by Data asking Worf the same question. I laughed for a long time...

I leave with this question; can a lightsaber stop a phaser beam? We will never know...